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I've been working on a CB350 'café racer' for the last few years for fun. I poke at it every few months when I have time.. A few years ago I built all the custom aluminum body work and massaged the frame & swing arm.. Now I found myself needing to buckle down and get the seat done. I built the pan and foamed it up two years ago.. I recently visited Tandy and picked up the supplies I needed for the leather cover I had in mind.. I made the patterns and cut it all out.. Drew up a little concept and put it on the leather... I then used some 40 year old leather stamping tools to emboss the pattern I wanted. The 'little bastard' is a throw back to James Dean aluminum Porsche. This bike has a ton of custom aluminum body work to it... Also this bike is tiny and will be a 'little bastard' figuratively and literally when I ride it.. So far I have about 50-60 + hours in this seat. I'm not a "leather" guy.. so I had to test out a few things, its been pretty fun and frustrating.. Did you ever make a leather belt in boy scouts ? This is basically the same thing. Getting it all to lay down and fit properly is not easy and takes tons of time... I probably have about 20-25 hours in the side stitch.
Here is my first test of the stitching I wanted to use to hold it all together..
Then I bought three colors of leather die, Dark brown, light brown, red..
Here is my first test of the stitching I wanted to use to hold it all together..
Then I bought three colors of leather die, Dark brown, light brown, red..